Re:How Beats by Dre played you like a fool
by icebraining on Thursday April 02, 2015 @02:15PM
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I believe most of those are social groups, yes. That hardly implies I believe they all work the same way, just that they have some characteristics in common, as social groups.
Most of those "collections of people" lead to certain behaviors, simply from the fact that people self-evaluate and even construct their identity based on their membership and hierarchic position in them.
When you can have a feeling of belonging or not belong, social incentives to reject those not belonging, feelings of pride in your actions as a group, etc, you have a social group, be it a tribe, a company or a family.
Self-categorization theory explains how these groups are formed, and why they are a social group, and not just a random collection of people.
Most of those "collections of people" lead to certain behaviors, simply from the fact that people self-evaluate and even construct their identity based on their membership and hierarchic position in them.
When you can have a feeling of belonging or not belong, social incentives to reject those not belonging, feelings of pride in your actions as a group, etc, you have a social group, be it a tribe, a company or a family.
Self-categorization theory explains how these groups are formed, and why they are a social group, and not just a random collection of people.